Pakistan

Al Qaeda’s central command ordered operatives in Spain to carry out attacks. Police arrested Younas Mehsud, an aide to Baitullah Mehsud, with weapons and explosives in Karachi. The military attacked Taliban positions in South Waziristan. The military captured 35 Taliban in Swat. In Chaman, the Taliban bombed three trucks carrying aid to Afghanistan.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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